where can I find replacement pinch rollers for Nakamichi CR-7A?

I need to replace the pinch rollers on my Nakamichi CR-7A.

I've been looking around to buy them online, anybody have suggestions?

Thanks!

 

Send them to Terry's for re-rubbering:
http://www.terrysrubberrollers.com/

 

http://www.eslabs.com/nakamichi.htm

They are one of the few Nakamichi authorized service centers that still have original Nak parts.

 

They are the Nak specialist. I have the Dragon and CR7-A that can use some servicing ...

 

Terry did a rebuild a few years ago on my Dragon and said that I'd be good for another 20 years.

 

Who is Terry? Is he at ESL?

 

See my post above.

 

Terry's Rubber Rollers

 

Just bookmark the webpage for future reference. Thx.

I still have a bunch of metal oxide Type VI Maxcell cassette tapes in cellophane wrap. How much are new cassette tapes going for these days? LOL

 

http://www.terrysrubberrollers.com/

 

Nice resource even for my 3 open-reel decks ...

 

I'm sorry, I was spacing out, I meant Willy. Willy Herman. Don't know why I was thinking Terry?

 

No Problems. I had my Nak ZXE completely overhauled by Stephen Sank in Albuquerque (he used to be a Nak servicer) almost ten years ago for close to $1K. He assured me I would get another 20-30 years out of the machine, which was originally made in the mid 80's. He essentially replaced all the caps and made a bunch of adjustments. I will probably want to have ESL service my Dragon and CR-7A. My ZX-7 is working fine, a true workhorse.

Given the reliability of UPS and USPS, I much prefer to hand-deliver my decks to ESL rather than shipping them to NM ...

 

A lot of people that I talk to or read posts from on different forums think that the Naks are finicky and have to be serviced often but I have found just the opposite to be true.

 

It must depend on the model. I had two used ones and they both died in a few weeks.

 

I've used Terry's Rubber Rollers twice. Great service and work. Highly recommended.

 

Stephen Sank told me the early Naks, those that were built through the mid 80's when Nak spared no expense in securing the best (non-electronic) parts available were the best built Naks. The BX series was nothing to write home about. From the late 80's on, due to the surging Yen, Naks had to resort to cheaper parts and by then, only the top models such as the Dragon and CR-7A would have comparable reliability as earlier models ...

Nak was bought out by some Chinese company in the early or mid 90's and was eventually liquidated. Ted Nakamichi, the son of the founder started another company but I have not followed up on what the company actually produced.

 

IMO, a Nak deck or any of the open-reel decks easily outperform the best turntables out there in the delivery of full-frequency sound. The comparisons are not even close. Most LP's are 30-15K in the frequency range while a Nak deck and a quality open-reel deck can provide 20-20K with no problems. Open-reel decks have in fact made a comeback in recent years ...

 

Must be, my Dragon has been a tank. You did buy them used?

 

Did you have the BX line models or the last line, the DR models. I heard the BX line were the worst cassette decks ever made by Nakamichi. The DR line could not be that much better, as they were made in the dying days of Nakamichi ...